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termed an Archpresbyter or Dean," so the Collegiate Churches, 

 scattered throughout the Diocese and served by secular Canons 

 or Prebendaries, had, in each, a chief amongst his brethren, — 

 styled an Archpriest, Dean, Provost, President or Superior, — 

 under the control of the Bishop. 



PEEEAN-Zabulo, or Perran-Towan, or LANPIEAN (Dedica- 

 tion, St. Piran or Kieran, perhaps the same as St. 

 Keverne). This Church seems as old as the 6th cen- 

 tury. Its College existed as early as the time of King 

 Edward the Confessor, there being a Dean and other 

 Canons. It was said that St. Piran's head was in 

 their custody, Sir John Arundell, in 1433, bequeath- 

 ing forty shillings for the better enshrining of it in an 

 honorable manner. This Collegiate Church became 

 the property of Exeter Cathedral. 

 No Seal of Perran College is known. 



St. keverne or LANNACHEBEAN (Dedication variously 

 given as St. Achabran, Keveran, Kieran, &c., or 

 Piran). At one time a College of Secular Canons, 

 afterwards a possession of the Cistercian Abbey of 

 Beaulieu, Hants. 

 No Seal of St. Keverne College is known. 



CEANTOCK or LANGOEOCH (Dedication, St. Carentoc or 

 Kerender, &c.). This College existed in the time of 

 Edward the Confessor, and its members consisted of 

 a Dean or Propositus, other Canons, Prebendaries, 

 and Vicars. 



1. Seal of the Dean. See Oliver (Mon. p. 54). 



PEOBUS or LANBRABOIS (Dedication, St. Probus). A 

 College of early date. It had a Dean and other 

 Canons and Prebendaries. Part of the endowment 

 of this Collegiate Church became a source of income 

 to the Treasurer of Exeter Cathedral. The College 

 was dissolved in the 16th Century. 

 No Seal of Probus College is known. 



GLASNEY CoUege, Penryn (Dedication, St. Mary the Virgin, 

 and St. Thomas A'Beckct, Archbishop and Martyr). 



